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Definition of May apple
1. Noun. Edible but insipid fruit of the May apple plant.
2. Noun. North American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruit.
Group relationships: Genus Podophyllum, Podophyllum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of May apple
1. Noun. A fruit-bearing flowering plant with poisonous roots, native to eastern North America, taxonomic name ''Podophyllum peltatum''. ¹
2. Noun. The fruit of the plant ''Podophyllum peltatum'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of May apple
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Lexicographical Neighbors of May Apple
Literary usage of May apple
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life-zone Indicators in California by Harvey Monroe Hall, Marcos Sastre, William Hamilton Gibson, Joseph Grinnell (1919)
"The true nature of the azalea May-apple was long a mystery. Some authorities
believed that it was a gall growth caused by the sting of an insect, ..."
2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"It is not my intention to enter into an extended recapitulation of the numerous
recipes into which the May-Apple root is introduced. ..."
3. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"May-Apple, Mandrake. Description.—Calyx: sepals 6, unequal, obtuse, imbricate,
pale green, caducous, with 3 small, fugacious bractlets at their base. ..."
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